CRO & SLOVENIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DELEGATIONS MEET

( Editorial: --> 6904 ) ZAGREB, April 15 (Hina) - The president of the Croatian Constitutional Court, Jadranko Crnic, on Wednesday judged yesterday's working meeting of the Croatian and Slovenian Constitutional Courts delegations as extremely useful. The meeting, initiated by the Slovenian Constitutional Court, was held in Otocec, Slovenia. The two delegations exchanged experiences from constitutional legal practice and agreed on further cooperation, said Crnic. It was also said that many issues in the transitional period of the two countries were very similar and that exchange of experience in court practice was valuable, he added. Problems of protection and ownership transformation are similar in both countries and exchange of experience in concrete decisions contributes to a fuller consideration of those constitutional- legal problems, especially as regards protection of basic human rights and freedoms, freedoms of citizens and application of international documents, Crnic said. Asked about the concrete examples of cooperation between the two constitutional courts, Crnic said they were exchange of more important decisions, participation in advisory sessions organised by constitutional courts and joint participation in international meetings. Delegations of the two constitutional courts meet at least twice a year, said Crnic. (hina) mrb/rm 151459 MET apr 98